• Wind and Structures
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.171-189
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• 2016

An adjustable, louver-type wind barrier was introduced in this study for improving the running safety and ride comfort of train on the bridge under the undesirable wind environment. The aerodynamic characteristics of both train and bridge due to this novel wind barrier was systematically investigated based on the wind tunnel tests. It is suggested that rotation angles of the adjustable blade of the louver-type wind barrier should be controlled within $90^{\circ}$ to achieve an effective solution in terms of the overall aerodynamic performance of the train. Compared to the traditional grid-type wind barrier, the louver-type wind barrier generally presents better aerodynamic performance. Specifically, the larger decrease of the lift force and overturn moment of the train and the smaller increase of the drag force and torsional moment of the bridge resulting from the louver-type wind barrier were highlighted. Finally, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique was applied to explore the underlying mechanism of aerodynamic control using the proposed wind barrier.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.398-408
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• 2009

Crude oil carriers or product oil carriers are confronted with sea pollution due to hull damage from various accidents. To reduce the oil spillage of tankers, IMO(International Maritime Organization) and OPA 90(Oil Pollution Act 1990) adopted the hull structures of double skin type. In this study, oil spillage test of the double skin tanker with 1/100 scaled model was carried out under damaged condition due to collision and grounding accidents. A new structural type of oil tanker was also tested with pipe and valve system arranged in double side and single bottom hulls. Their results were compared with that of conventional type double hull on the view point of ship safety and oil spillage.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2014

A concrete cask is an option for spent nuclear fuel interim storage. A concrete cask usually consists of a metallic canister which confines the spent nuclear fuel assemblies and a concrete overpack. When the overpack undergoes a missile impact, which might be caused by a tornado or an aircraft crash, it should sustain an acceptable level of structural integrity so that its radiation shielding capability and the retrievability of the canister are maintained. A missile impact against a concrete overpack produces two damage modes, local damage and global damage. In conventional approaches [1], those two damage modes are decoupled and evaluated separately. The local damage of concrete is usually evaluated by empirical formulas, while the global damage is evaluated by finite element analysis. However, this decoupled approach may lead to a very conservative estimation of both damages. In this research, finite element analysis with material failure models and element erosion is applied to the evaluation of local and global damage of concrete overpacks under high speed missile impacts. Two types of concrete overpacks with different configurations are considered. The numerical simulation results are compared with test results, and it is shown that the finite element analysis predicts both local and global damage qualitatively well, but the quantitative accuracy of the results are highly dependent on the fine-tuning of material and failure parameters.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.3100-3111
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• 2021

Numerical modeling for the safety-related equipment used in a nuclear power plant (i.e., cabinet facilities) plays an essential role in seismic risk assessment. A full finite element model is often time-consuming for nonlinear time history analysis due to its computational modeling complexity. Thus, this study aims to generate a simplified model that can capture the nonlinear behavior of the electrical cabinet. Accordingly, the distributed plasticity approach was utilized to examine the stiffness-degradation effect caused by the local buckling of the structure. The inherent dynamic characteristics of the numerical model were validated against the experimental test. The outcomes indicate that the proposed model can adequately represent the significant behavior of the structure, and it is preferred in practice to perform the nonlinear analysis of the cabinet. Further investigations were carried out to evaluate the seismic behavior of the cabinet under the influence of the constitutive law of material models. Three available models in OpenSees (i.e., linear, bilinear, and Giuffre-Menegotto-Pinto (GMP) model) were considered to provide an enhanced understating of the seismic responses of the cabinet. It was found that the material nonlinearity, which is the function of its smoothness, is the most effective parameter for the structural analysis of the cabinet. Also, it showed that implementing nonlinear models reduces the seismic response of the cabinet considerably in comparison with the linear model.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.254-261
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• 2020

The structural safety of hydraulic winch drum and the gears are estimated by the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and the winch operation experiment. The mesh convergence test is performed and the applied force is the pressure on the drum converted from the rope tension in working condition. The stress of the drum calculated from the strain values of the winch operation experiment shows the agreement with that from the FEA. Most stress values are under the yield strength except for the small hole made for the wire rope fixation. The life of bearings in the drum is calculated using the life prediction formula with the reaction forces from the operation load. One of the two ball bearings shows the short life for impact condition, yet the real prototype winch system shows more life than the numerical value.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권5호
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• pp.487-498
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• 2023

Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are extensively adopted in many of the growing nations, particularly in India. Window or door openings are required for architectural or functional reasons, which pose a threat to the building's safety. The past earthquakes have shown that the seismic capability of these structures was very weak. Strengthening these unreinforced masonry walls using welded wire mesh (WWM) is one of the most commonly and economical methods. The present experimental study investigates the impact of openings on the shear behaviour of URM walls and the effectiveness of WWM in enhancing the shear performance of masonry wall. In the experimental program 16 specimens were cast, 8 unstrengthen and 8 strengthened specimens, under 8 unstrengthen and strengthened specimens, every 2 specimens had 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% openings and all these walls were tested under diagonal compression. The results show that the shear carrying capacity reduces as the opening percentage increases. However, strengthening the URM specimens using WWM significantly improves the peak load, shear strength, ductility, stiffness, and energy dissipation. Furthermore, the strengthening of the URM walls using WWM compensated the loss of wall capacity caused by the presence of the openings.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.1507-1517
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• 2023

Centrifugal pumps are a crucial part of nuclear power plants, and their dependable and safe operation is crucial to the security of the entire facility. Cavitation will cause the centrifugal pump to violently vibration with the large number of vacuoles generated, which not only affect the hydraulic performance of the centrifugal pump but also cause structural damage to the impeller, seriously affecting the operational safety of nuclear power plants. A closed cavitation test bench of a centrifugal pump is constructed, and a method for precisely identifying the cavitation state is proposed based on Complementary Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (CEEMD) and Deep Residual Shrinkage Network (DRSN). First, we compared the cavitation sensitivity of pressure fluctuation, vibration, and liquid-borne noise and decomposed the liquid-borne noise by CEEMD to capture cavitation characteristics. The decomposition results are sent into a 12-layer deep residual shrinkage network (DRSN) for cavitation identification training. The results demonstrate that the liquid-borne noise signal is the most cavitation-sensitive signal, and the accuracy of CEEMD-DRSN to identify cavitation at different stages of centrifugal pumps arrives at 94.61%

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2012

강바닥판 교량은 비교적 얇은 강판이 사용되며, 가로 세로리브 및 가로보 등의 구조부재가 용접에 의해 복잡한 형상으로 조립되므로 용접에 의한 변형과 결함이 발생할 가능성이 매우 높고, 용접연결부에서의 응력 상태가 매우 복잡하다. 또한 실제 강바닥판 교량에서의 피로균열은 주부재보다 2차부재와의 용접연결부에서 발생되고 있다. 그러나 강바닥판교량 설계시에는 대부분 주부재에 대한 응력 평가가 이루어지고 있으며, 피로균열이 발생하는 구조상세에 대한 상세 응력 평가 및 특성 분석은 거의 검토되고 있지 있다. 본 연구에서는 공용년수 29년된 개단면 세로리브를 가진 강바닥판을 대상으로 피로균열의 원인을 조사하고, 재하시험 및 실교통류 흐름하에서의 현장계측을 통하여 대상 교량의 피로안전성을 검토하였다. 또한 피로균열이 발생된 세로리브 및 다이아프램의 용접부를 대상으로 격자해석 및 상세해석 모델을 사용하여, 이들 구조상세에 대한 영향면해석을 이용하여 이동하중에 따른 거동 특성을 조사하고, 대상교량의 피로균열 발생 원인을 규명하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2014

토목, 건축 현장에서 굴착부 배면의 지반 및 각종 구조물의 안정을 유지하기 위하여 다양한 공법이 개발 및 적용되고 있다. 특히 인접한 건물 및 도로 등으로 인해 배면에 여유 공간이 없는 경우, 지중 연속벽 공법, 주열식 흙막이 공법이 사용되고 있다. 이러한 공법들은 콘크리트를 현장타설로 시공하여 품질관리의 어려움이 있고 양생기간으로 인한 시공기간의 길어지는 단점이 있다. 또한 위의 공법들은 대부분 임시시설로 사용되고 영구 구조체인 옹벽은 별도로 시공된다. 이 연구에서는 위에서 지적한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 프리캐스트 부재를 활용한 주열식 벽체용 중공 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 파일을 제안하였다. 제안된 파일의 휨에 대한 구조적 거동을 평가하기 위하여 긴장력 도입 실험과, 휨실험을 실시하였다. 실험결과, 설계에 따른 충분한 긴장력이 도입되었음을 확인하였고, 차수용 옹벽 또는 안벽 구조물로서 사용한계로 판단되는 균열모멘트 또한 설계시 계산된 균열모멘트에 비하여 약 34% 정도의 여유를 가짐을 확인하였다. 극한한계상태인 최대모멘트는 실험을 통해 얻은 균열모멘트에 대해 59.2%의 추가적이 사용성를 확보하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.176-182
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 볼접합부를 갖는 원형강관의 좌굴실험 결과를 토대로 하여 국내외 압축재 설계규준과 비교 평가함으로써 부재의 좌굴내력 및 좌굴길이 계수의 안전성과 합리성을 조사하는 것이다. 좌굴성능 평가를 위해 선정된 원형강관은 Ø$48.6{\times}2.8t$와 Ø$60.5{\times}3.2t$ 및 Ø$76.3{\times}3.2t$이다. 국내외 압축재 설계를 위해 우리나라의 하중저항계수 설계법(LRFD), 일본의 한계상태 설계법(LSD) 및 영국의 BS5950 규준을 적용하였다. 본 연구에서는 선행연구의 실험결과와 국내외 설계규준과의 좌굴성능을 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과를 요약해 보면 다음과 같다. 각국의 압축재 설계규준에서 부재의 전체길이를 좌굴길이로 적용한 결과 실험에 의한 좌굴내력의 64%~89% 정도로 나타났다. 따라서 안전을 위해 현재 설계 규준식에 준하여 부재설계를 수행하는 것이 바람직하다고 판단되었다. 실험결과 측정된 좌굴내력은 우리나라, 일본 및 영국의 압축재 설계규준에서 좌굴길이를 순수 원형강관만으로 고려한 좌굴내력 값에 비해 1.02배~1.43배 높은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 스페이스 프레임 구조물 설계에 있어 개별부재 좌굴내력은 절점 간 길이가 아닌 순수 원형강관의 길이로 좌굴계수를 고려할 필요가 있을 것으로 보여 진다.